[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11164-11165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4402]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6947-6]


Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decisions on 
Pennsylvania and Virginia Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Approve the Pennsylvania and Virginia 
Coastal Nonpoint Programs.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the 
Pennsylvania and Virginia Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs 
(coastal nonpoint programs) and of the availability of the draft 
Approval Decisions on conditions for the Pennsylvania and Virginia 
coastal nonpoint programs. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act 
Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. 1455b, requires states 
and territories with coastal zone management programs that have 
received approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
to develop and implement coastal nonpoint programs. Coastal states and 
territories were required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval in July 1995. NOAA 
and EPA conditionally approved the Pennsylvania coastal nonpoint 
program on October 3, 1997 and the Virginia coastal nonpoint program on 
February 23, 1998. NOAA and EPA have drafted approval decisions 
describing how Pennsylvania and Virginia have satisfied the conditions 
placed on their programs and therefore have fully approved coastal 
nonpoint programs.
    NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the Pennsylvania 
and Virginia coastal nonpoint programs available for 30-day public 
comment periods. If no comments are received, the Pennsylvania and 
Virginia programs will be approved. If comments are received, NOAA and 
EPA will consider whether such comments are significant enough to 
affect the decision to fully approve the programs.
    Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on the NOAA 
website at http://

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www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/6217/ or may be obtained upon request from: 
Joseph P. Flanagan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean 
and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, tel. 301-713-3155, extension 201, e-mail 
[email protected].

DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the 
draft Approval Decisions should do so by March 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to John King, Acting Chief, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 
tel. 301-713-3155 extension 195, e-mail [email protected] or to Fred 
Suffian, EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street (3WP14), Philadelphia, PA 
19104, tel. 215-814-5753, e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Pennsylvania, Neil Christerson, 
Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, tel. 301-713-3155, extension 167, e-mail 
[email protected]; for Virginia, Elisabeth Morgan, Coastal 
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910, tel. 301-713-3155, extension 166, e-mail 
[email protected].

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management 
Program Administration).

    Dated: February 15, 2001.
Ted I. Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department 
of Commerce.
Diane C. Regas,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
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